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A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

632 HISTORY OF WAUPACA COUNTY
Stephen Lee Perry was one of the strong and resourceful men of Waupaca County for many years and had especially to do with the pioneer activities of the Town of Alarion. He was an old soldier, and during his life at Marion he had been in the sawmill business, was a newspaper man, and at the time of his death, November 5, 1912, was filling the office of postmaster.
The late Mr. Perry was born at Dowagiac, Michigan, April 10, 1845, a son of Joseph Warren and Mahala (Ball) Perry. His father was a native of New York State and his mother of Ohio. Joseph W. Perry was a physician by profession. He brought his family to New London, Wisconsin, in 1854, and was one of the pioneer practitioners of medicine in that village and over the surrounding country. In 1868 he moved to the site now occupied by the Village of Marion. That district was still covered with some of the dense timber which was gradually eaten away by the sawmills in the flourishing times of the lumbering industry in this county. There in the midst of the woods Dr. Perry established a sawmill, and while operating it he also continued the practice of medicine. Dr. Perry died in Alarion at the age of seventy years, and his widow passed away at eighty-nine in Shawano County. Both are buried at Marion. Their children were: Leslie J., now deceased, who for many years lived at Washington, D. C.; Stephen L.; Frank 0. of Shawano County, Wisconsin; Lewis P. of Gillet, Wisconsin; Dane, who became a physician and is now deceased; and Sylvia A., Airs. J. Siegert of Antigo, Wisconsin. Both Stephen L, Perry and his brother Leslie J. were Union soldiers during the Civil war,
Stephen L, Perry homesteaded or bought from the state forty acres where the City of Marion now stands. Later he and his brother Leslie went out to Kansas and edited and published a paper at Paola for some time. In June, 1872, Air. Stephen Perry returned to Waupaca County, his immediate purpose in returning being to marry Aiiss Mar¬ garet J. Smiley. Airs, Perry is a daughter of James Smiley, referred to elsewhere in this publication, who at one time or another held nearly all the county offices, serving as treasurer, clerk and register of deeds of Waupaca County,
After his marriage Stephen L, Perry was persuaded by his father to enter the sawmilling business at Alarion, and instead of going back to Kansas he assumed the active management of the local mill. In 1873 he w^as also made the local postmaster. The postoffice was estab¬ lished under the name of Perryville, and he was the first to hold the postmastership. Plowever, he did not handle the mails, that duty being left to Mrs. Perry, while he looked after the sawmill. However, he soon resigned the office. Finally buying out his father's interest in the mill, he conducted it until the need of better equipment convinced him that better machinery should be employed. The old mill was operated by water power. He sold this mill to Mr. Sherman, and then put in steam power for driving the machinery. It was the first steam mill at Marion. Three or four years later the plant was destroyed by fire. Practically nothing was saved, and there was no insurance.

A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

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A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

Short title

A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Author

John M. Ware

Description

This two-volume work on Waupaca County, Wisconsin, provides a history of the county and the cities and villages of Waupaca, New London, Clintonville, Weyauwega, Iola, Manawa, Marion, Scandinavia, Freemont, Embarrass, Mukwa, Northport, Ogdensburg, and the towns of the county. Volume 2 consists of biographical sketches of residents of the county.

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Chicago and New York

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Lewis Publishing Company

Publication Date (Original)

1917

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English

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

Author

John M. Ware

Publication Date (Original)

1917

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Publisher-Electronic

Wisconsin Historical Society

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We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org.

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2008

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632 HISTORY OF WAUPACA COUNTY
Stephen Lee Perry was one of the strong and resourceful men of Waupaca County for many years and had especially to do with the pioneer activities of the Town of Alarion. He was an old soldier, and during his life at Marion he had been in the sawmill business, was a newspaper man, and at the time of his death, November 5, 1912, was filling the office of postmaster.
The late Mr. Perry was born at Dowagiac, Michigan, April 10, 1845, a son of Joseph Warren and Mahala (Ball) Perry. His father was a native of New York State and his mother of Ohio. Joseph W. Perry was a physician by profession. He brought his family to New London, Wisconsin, in 1854, and was one of the pioneer practitioners of medicine in that village and over the surrounding country. In 1868 he moved to the site now occupied by the Village of Marion. That district was still covered with some of the dense timber which was gradually eaten away by the sawmills in the flourishing times of the lumbering industry in this county. There in the midst of the woods Dr. Perry established a sawmill, and while operating it he also continued the practice of medicine. Dr. Perry died in Alarion at the age of seventy years, and his widow passed away at eighty-nine in Shawano County. Both are buried at Marion. Their children were: Leslie J., now deceased, who for many years lived at Washington, D. C.; Stephen L.; Frank 0. of Shawano County, Wisconsin; Lewis P. of Gillet, Wisconsin; Dane, who became a physician and is now deceased; and Sylvia A., Airs. J. Siegert of Antigo, Wisconsin. Both Stephen L, Perry and his brother Leslie J. were Union soldiers during the Civil war,
Stephen L, Perry homesteaded or bought from the state forty acres where the City of Marion now stands. Later he and his brother Leslie went out to Kansas and edited and published a paper at Paola for some time. In June, 1872, Air. Stephen Perry returned to Waupaca County, his immediate purpose in returning being to marry Aiiss Mar¬ garet J. Smiley. Airs, Perry is a daughter of James Smiley, referred to elsewhere in this publication, who at one time or another held nearly all the county offices, serving as treasurer, clerk and register of deeds of Waupaca County,
After his marriage Stephen L, Perry was persuaded by his father to enter the sawmilling business at Alarion, and instead of going back to Kansas he assumed the active management of the local mill. In 1873 he w^as also made the local postmaster. The postoffice was estab¬ lished under the name of Perryville, and he was the first to hold the postmastership. Plowever, he did not handle the mails, that duty being left to Mrs. Perry, while he looked after the sawmill. However, he soon resigned the office. Finally buying out his father's interest in the mill, he conducted it until the need of better equipment convinced him that better machinery should be employed. The old mill was operated by water power. He sold this mill to Mr. Sherman, and then put in steam power for driving the machinery. It was the first steam mill at Marion. Three or four years later the plant was destroyed by fire. Practically nothing was saved, and there was no insurance.